Case #182 — Rejection in the imagination only
Barry was a conservative man, quiet, and unused to sharing his feelings. We had some discussion about this. He said that one of his issues was fear of rejection, and his sense of alienation from other…
Case #183 — Guardian angel ninjas
Lucinda brought the issue of pleasing her mother. She described the situation as a bottleneck - how she would force herself not to feel emotions. She said it was hard to ask others for help. Not every…
Case #184 — Isolation, awareness, resistance
Trisha ' s issue was that her teenage son refused to go to school. As she spoke, I could see a great deal of emotion on her face. Her eyes were teary, her forehead wrinkled, her mouth shook a little,…
Case #185 — A heart to heart connection
Trisha ’ s husband, Mac, was in the group. They were a couple in their late 50 ’ s. After Trisha ’ s personal work, the group gave feedback. They were impacted by her deep but wordless feelings. Mac,…
Case #186 — Doubts about marriage
Wanda had some doubts about getting married. She definitely wanted children. She loved the man she was with, and wanted to get married to him. But she had recently consulted a psychological professi…
Case #187 — You should die
Jeremy spoke about the issue of bullying. He had been bullied as a child, and it was an issue for him still. He referred to a phrase which had been spoken to him during the bullying: ‘ you should die
Case #188 — Difference without rejection
Yuri sat in front of me. I remarked that he seemed very serious. He said he was nervous. So I engaged him in conversation - I commented that we both wore glasses. I told him a story about snorkeling r…
Case #189 — The skillful blast
Cynthia wanted to do some therapy work, but was not clear on just what to choose. I asked about her background - she was a social worker. She had been divorced for some time; she wanted a family in th…
Case #190 — Down the authentic river
Jerry wanted to talk about parenting. Something I had previously said had triggered him. He related an incident about the previous day, where he had played ball with his son in the morning. In the eve…
Case #191 — Soft woman, hard woman
Mandy wanted to work with her vulnerability. So I stepped straight in, and started sharing some of my own vulnerable feelings (including some internal emotional pain) in that moment. She also shared a…